Russia Medal 1943 “For the Defense of Leningrad” - made of brass has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm. On the front side of the coin against the background of the visible outline of the Admiralty building a group of Red Army men Red Navy men workers and women workers with rifles at the ready is depicted. At the top of the coin is a five-pointed star and an inscription on the edge of the coin “FOR LENINGRAD DEFENSE”. The front side of the coin is bordered by a convex side. On the back of the coin is the inscription “FOR OUR SOVIET HOMELAND”. A sickle and a hammer are depicted above the inscription. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex. The medal with the help of an eye and a ring is connected to a pentagonal cup covered with a silk moire ribbon of olive color with a longitudinal green stripe in the middle. The width of the tape is 24 mm the width of the strip is 2 mm